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You can picture smart as a kind of sharpness. An old thread runs through this word: a sharp sting that hurts (the verb), and a sharp mind that is quick and clever (the adjective). From that quickness also grow the senses of looking sharp (neat, well-dressed) and moving sharply (quick and brisk).

可以把 smart 想成一種「鋒利、銳利」的感覺。這個字裡藏著一條古老的線索:一種刺人的尖銳刺痛(動詞),和一顆反應更多收起可以把 smart 想成一種「鋒利、銳利」的感覺。這個字裡藏著一條古老的線索:一種刺人的尖銳刺痛(動詞),和一顆反應快、機靈的腦袋(形容詞)。從這份「快、利」又長出了「看起來俐落」(整潔體面)和「動作俐落」(迅速輕快)的意思。

原始詞典資料25 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

SMARTadj

  • 1

    An acronym for remembering desirable characteristics for goal-setting: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timebound. (See SMART criteria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)

    • Over time, I noticed various exercises I did with Woebot rubbing off in my daily life. Woebot taught me how to set SMART goals — specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-limited.

Smartname

  • 1

    A surname.

smartverb詞源 1/smɑɹt/

  • 1

    To hurt or sting.

    • After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"
    • He moved convulsively, and as he did so, said, "I'll be quiet, Doctor. Tell them to take off the strait waistcoat. I have had a terrible dream, and it has left me so weak that I cannot move. What's wrong with my face? It feels all swollen, and it smarts dreadfully."
  • 2

    To cause a smart or sting in.

    • A goad that […] smarts the flesh.
  • 3

    To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

    • You think this cruel? take it for a rule, / No creature ſmarts ſo little as a Fool.
    • He that is ſurety for a ſtranger ſhall ſmart for it.

smartadj詞源 2/smɑɹt/

  • 1

    Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.

    • I always preferred the church, and I still do. But that was not smart enough for my family. They recommended the army. That was a great deal too smart for me.
  • 2

    informalExhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.

  • 3

    Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).

    • smart car
    • smartcard
  • 4

    Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.

    • a smart outfit
    • You look smart in that business suit.
  • 5

    Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.

    • He became tired of his girlfriend's smart remarks.
    • Don't get smart with me!
  • 6

    Sudden and intense.

    • smart skirmishes, in which many fell
    • There is a smart shower at 5 P.M., and in the midst of it a hummingbird is busy about the flowers in the garden, unmindful of it, though you would think that each big drop that struck him would be a serious accident.
  • 7

    Causing sharp pain; stinging.

    • How smart a lash that speech doth give my conscience.
  • 8

    Sharp; keen; poignant.

    • a smart pain
另外 5 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    datedIntense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.

    • He raised his voice; it hurt her feelings right smart.
    • That cast on his leg chaffs him right smart.
  • 10

    archaicEfficient; vigorous; brilliant.

    • The stars shine smarter.
  • 11

    archaicPretentious; showy; spruce.

    • a smart gown
  • 12

    archaicBrisk; fresh.

    • a smart breeze
  • 13

    Hard-working.

smartnoun詞源 3/smɑɹt/

  • 1

    A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.

    • […] the bodie had no smart / Of any wound: it was the minde that felt the cruell stings.
    • If chance some Shepherd with a distant Dart / The Savage wound, he rowzes at the Smart, / He foams, he roars […]
  • 2

    Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.

    • Mishaps are maistred by aduice discrete, / And counsell mitigates the greatest smart; / Found neuer help, who neuer would his hurts impart.
    • But oh why didst thou not stay here below / To bless us with thy heav’n lov’d innocence, […] / To stand ’twixt us and our deserved smart / But thou canst best perform that office where thou art.
  • 3

    datedslangA dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.

    • […] I reſolved to quit all further Converſation vvith Beaus and Smarts of all kinds, […]
  • 4

    governmenthobbieslifestyleA fan of professional wrestling who is aware of kayfabe and the scripted nature of the competition.

    • wwe's attitude toward hardcore fans is a far cry from what it was during the Monday night wars. Back then, wcw would agonize over its decisions in an attempt to outsmart the “smarts.”

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。